Outpatient Pharmacist

Job overview

This unique role offers the chance to be part of a growing team within the QE Facilities Out-Patient Pharmacy based in the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, enabling you to develop your clinical knowledge in an acute clinical setting, whilst providing a positive customer focused service to our patients. This role is perfect for an ambitious Pharmacist who has the ability to build strong relationships with the Trust and our external key stakeholders. It is ideal for a pharmacist looking to practice and develop their clinical knowledge in the innovative environment of an Outpatient Dispensary (OPD) Pharmacy service.

This role will support the ongoing business development of our Pharmacy to Home (Homecare) service and Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA) operation, located at Spire House, Washington.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake the role of Responsible Pharmacist (RP), ensuring full compliance with the responsibilities of the RP role.
• Promote the appropriate access and safe storage of all medicines in the Pharmacy.
• Support the Superintendent Pharmacist to maintain the legal and regulatory standards of a GPhC registered Pharmacy and a Wholesale Distribution Authority (WDA) registered site.
• Support the Superintendent Pharmacist to promote a strong relationship with the Trust and other key stakeholders e.g. CCG and local Trusts.
• Support essential business development for additional Pharmacy Services and contracts e.g. expansion of the Pharmacy to Home (Homecare) delivery of medicines.
• To support the Pharmacy Manager and Dispensary team to deliver a high quality, patient focused service.
• To work towards the delivery of the QEF Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators (KPI) targets and develop and promote stretch targets.
• Promote the clinical screening of all prescriptions to ensure appropriateness of therapeutic indication, dose, frequency, form and route of administration.
• Supervise and facilitate the dispensing of Out-Patient prescriptions including speciality medicines such as Oral Chemotherapy, IVF and Hepatitis C.

Work with your line manager to identify individual training needs and establish a Personal Development Plan.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Ability to work as a Responsible Pharmacist and promote the legal and regulatory standards of a GPhC registered Pharmacy.
• Understand the individual role and responsibilities of all staff engaged in the registered Pharmacy and understand when to report issues to the Superintendent Pharmacist.
• Understand the principle of ‘safer care’ and promote a ‘just culture’ environment for error reporting and learning from previous dispensing errors.

Provide appropriate supervision of the Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant and Pharmacy Counter Assistant roles and support individual Personal Development Plans.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.